Rating of the richest Australians led by a woman

Topping the list of the richest entrepreneurs of Australia won Gina Rinehart. Thus, the rating of the richest Australians first time led by a woman.

Over the past year, Rinehart managed to double her fortune to 10.3 billion Australian dollars (10.8 billion U.S. dollars). She inherited the company from her father in 1992. Her father, Lang Hancock (Lang Hancock) was one of the pioneers, miners in Australia. In his honor in 1999 was named a mountain.

The list of the richest people in Australia also includes the chairman of the Swiss company Glencore Glazenberg Ivan (Ivan Glasenberg) with a 8.8 billion Australian dollar and commodities magnate Andrew Forrest (Andrew Forrest) with 6,2 billion Australian dollars.

Total of 200 richest people in Australia was 23 per cent of national GDP, or 167.25 billion Australian dollars. In the top-200 in addition to Rhinehart included another 14 women.